French Gendarmes patrol in Saint-Paul bay after a teenage girl was killed in a shark attack. AFP Source: AFP

A GIRL bitten in half by a shark while snorkelling 5m from the shore on Reunion Island has been named as Sarah Roperth.

The 15-year-old was born in Reunion but lived in Bressuire, France with her mother. She was holidaying on the French island with her father, who is treasurer at the sailing club at Saint Paul, on the west coast of the Indian Ocean island.

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